How Strong is Your Force Field?

What’s Your Force Field? I have a low force field.

You probably already knew that. I am constantly reminded of this simple truth.A while back we were hanging with our neighbors at their garage sale, and I was sitting in recliner ($20–it sold for $10) and talking to my neighbor’s brother, Larry, when an older woman I didn’t even know looked at me, smiled and patted me on the head.

Larry looks at me and says, Did you know her?

No, I replied.

I smiled. Not only did the incident not bother me, worse, it didn’t even surprise me.

I’m used to being patted.

At that moment, for whatever reason, I realized I had no force field. When strangers pet you on the head, you have a force field of zero. Zip. Not even a .001.

Now I know people with strong force fields. They’re total touch-me-nots. They exhibit this don’t touch me, don’t talk to me, and don’t even talk about me until I’m out of earshot distance. On a scale of one to 10, they’re pushing an 11.

My friend, Carry, can maintain a level 10 forcefield. I’ve seen it. But then she can magically turn it off and let you into her world. She knows how to control her force field.

I don’t.

I’m not even sure I have one. When I try to use my force field, it never really seems to work. My serious, stern look oddly resembles constipation more than concentration. The only way I can turn on my talk-to-me-not is by appearing overly tired or aloof–neither of which I’ve figured out how to turn on or off.

So my question to you is simply this:

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your own force field? And how do you use it?